The indispensable Raw Story points to two remarkable developments in Novak-Plame-Libby-Rove-gate today.First, WaPo's Dan Froomkin notes that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has launched an official web site on the Justice Department's … [Read more...]
John Edwards and moral leadership
Unfortunately, because of work commitments, I came to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government courtyard about halfway into his speech. There were a few hundred people there, I would guess. (A well-dressed and alert-looking fellow stopped … [Read more...]
“The White House is so irrational that who knows?”
So says one of the strategists working with the White House to shepherd the Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination through the Senate, as reported by Byron York on the National Review's web site. York spoke to several of these … [Read more...]
Surprise! Brownie lied
The WaPo reports that, according to a FEMA staffer who was on the ground in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit, Michael "heckuva job, Brownie" Brown was informed personally, and repeatedly, about the disaster that was … [Read more...]
Blue Mass. Group interviews John Edwards
Yes, THAT John Edwards. Charley and I just spent about 15 minutes in a conference room at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government with no one but Senator Edwards and one of his staff members. Edwards was at Harvard as part of a … [Read more...]
Novak-Plame-gate update
As is often the case when an important news story gathers intensity, there are lots of Novak-Plame-gate developments as the grand jury's expiration date of October 28 approaches.Recent stories claiming that Karl Rove falsely told President … [Read more...]
Health Care: All eyes on us
Hey, this is cool: Joshua Kendall's nifty, elegant article in the Globe on the weird history of our employment-based health care system ("Why is healthcare tied to the workplace?") has been noticed by a couple of observers … [Read more...]
Who wants to be LG?
How does a Lieutenant Governor accomplish those goals? Given the lack of a strict job definition, can an LG be something of a free agent diplomat of the administration? Silbert sees herself as a liaison between state government and the … [Read more...]
Harriet Miers’ Senate questionnaire
The good folks over at redstate.org have posted the questionnaire that Harriet Miers has filled out in preparation for her Senate Judiciary Committee hearings.Some amusing and interesting nuggets:Earlier this year, I received notice that my … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick backs Cape Wind project
In a significant break from gubernatorial front-runner Tom Reilly, Deval Patrick's just-announced energy and environment plan contains a strong endorsement of Cape Wind's planned wind farm in Nantucket Sound:I will support renewable energy … [Read more...]